Blogging & Podcasting with WordPress & podPress Gilbert Detillieux November 9, 2010 MUUG Meeting

WARNING: Tonight’s presenter is not a fan of blogs, blogging, micro-blogging or social media sites. In fact, he’s not even crazy about the word “blog”! Viewer discretion is advised.

What’s needed?... Simple: easy to install & maintain Open source: no licensing issues Reliable & well supported Multi-user, multi-site Main goal: no-hassle podcasting  Support for RSS, iTunes  Easy to post

Simple: easy to install & maintain  Claims “5-minute installation”  Easy to install & upgrade plug-ins  All admin tasks done via web interface Open source: no licensing issues  “both free and priceless at the same time” Reliable & well supported  Current stable version is Multi-user, multi-site  The latter requires some hand-editing Main goal: no-hassle podcasting  Requires “podPress” plug-in

podPress Plug-in Full featured and automatic feed generation (RSS2, iTunes and ATOM and XSPF playlist) Podcast Download stats, with graphs. Makes adding a podcast to a post very simple View MP3 Files ID3 tags when you’re posting Support for various formats, including Video Podcasting Supports unlimited number of media files. Automatic Media player for MP3, RM, OGG, OGV, MP4, MOV, QT, FLV, ASF, WMV, AVI, and more, with inline and Popup Window support. (Flash required)

What else is needed?... Web server (e.g. Apache) PHP 4.3 or greater (5.2 or greater preferred) MySQL or greater For multi-site & some “permalinks” support:  Apache mod_rewrite module “Not required, but recommended for better security”:  suPHP & Apache mod_suphp module Optional, but useful:  phpMyAdmin

Multi-site/Network Support Pre-version 3.0 (e.g. 2.x):  Code fork WordPress-μ (WordPress-MU) Version 3.0+:  Built-in multi-site support Requires some hand-editing of config files Admin tasks must be repeated per blog codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

“Famous 5-Minute Install” 1. Download & unzip WordPress package. 2. Create database for WordPress & MySQL user for accessing & modifying it. 3. Rename wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php. 4. Open wp-config.php in text editor & fill in your database details as explained in Editing wp-config.php.fill in your database detailsEditing wp-config.php 5. Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:  Root of domain: move WordPress directory contents into web document root.  Subdirectory: rename directory “wordpress” to desired name. For example: "blog". 6. Run WordPress installation script wp-admin/install.php in web browser.  WordPress in root directory: visit:  WordPress in subdirectory called blog: visit:

Yeah, But... Some of the prerequisites may be complicated Post-install configuration more involved Multi-site support still more involved suPHP is very poorly documented  Sample configs are out-of-date or just wrong! And then there’s the whole “ thing…

WARNING: WordPress silently enforces the no- policy, which may conflict with or even break your existing web server configuration. Some DNS-fu may also be required!

What’s ?... “A tool for executing PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners” Consists of…  Apache module (mod_suphp) and  Setuid-root binary (suphp) called by module to change uid of process executing PHP interpreter  Config file for each

Edit /etc/suphp.conf [global] … env_path="/bin:/usr/bin" check_vhost_docroot=false … [handlers] ;Handler for php-scripts x-httpd-php="php:/usr/bin/php-cgi" ;Handler for CGI-scripts x-suphp-cgi="execute:!self"

Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/suphp.conf LoadModule suphp_module modules/mod_suphp.so # Allow mod_suphp and mod_php5 to coexist… suPHP_Engine on suPHP_AddHandler x-httpd-php AddHandler x-httpd-php.php php_flag engine off

Demo 1. Five-minute install - “Time me!” 2. Basic admin tasks (web-based config) Plug-in install/upgrade WordPress configuration podPress configuration 3. Post an article (with media)!

Questions?